Durbali Sultan Tekke

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The Durbalı Sultan Tekke

The Durbali Sultan Tekke ( Greek Τεκές Ντουρμπαλί Σουλτάν Tekes Dourbalí Soultan ) also Tekke of Asprogia ( Τεκές των Ασπρογείων Tekes ton Asprogíon ) or Ireni-Tekke ( Ιρενί Τεκές called), is an Alevi - Albanian Tekke near the village Asprogia east of Farsala in the Greek region of Thessaly .

history

The Tekke was probably built towards the end of the 15th century on the ruins of a Byzantine Georgian monastery from the 10th century. A fresco of Saint George , who like many other Christian saints is venerated by the Sufis , can still be seen today.

Around 1770 the Tekke was occupied by the Mevlevi Order. Around 1880 there were still 55 dervishes living in the complex .

In 1925, numerous Albanians who fled the repression of the Albanian King Ahmet Zogu found shelter here, who were also supported by the Greek state . During this time, Albanian Bektashi took control of the Tekke. Around the mid-1930s, the Tekke was inhabited by six elderly Albanian dervishes under their leader Kiaxem Baba ( Κιαξήμ Μπαμπά ). The dervishes of the monastery were considered very hospitable.

An earthquake in 1955 damaged over half of the Tekke buildings and destroyed the enclosure. With the implementation of a legal regulation for Albanian real estate in Greece, the Greek state confiscated all of Tekke's property in 1959. After the death of the last headmaster Baba Seit ( Μπάμπα Σαΐτ ) in 1972, the Greek authorities rejected a successor. The Tekke was getting increasingly in disrepair. Most of the liturgical objects were stolen from the premises, and the pictures and calligraphy of the doors were damaged by insect infestation and moisture.

Building

The monastery is located on a terrace. Walls surrounded the complex of numerous buildings.

The Tekke is a two-story stone structure with dimensions of approximately 7 × 10 meters. The windows and doors have been smashed and the inner boxes destroyed. The ceiling is about to collapse. The Farsala community tries to support the Tekke, who neither belong to it nor report to it. The Tekke was classified as a historic monument in 1981.

In the tekke there are portraits of Imam Alī and Hajji Bektash .

The small mosque called the “Temple of Durbalos” outside the Tekke courtyard is in relatively good condition, but the minaret no longer exists. Several dervishes were buried here .

literature

  • Paschalis Androudis [Πασχάλης Ανδρούδης]: Τα μαυσωλεία του μπεκτασικού τεκέ Ντουρμπαλί Σουλτάν σότο ΙρηενίΑσιρμ. In: dimos Farsalon, Ypourgío Politismou ke Athlitismoú, eforia Archeotíton LARISAS [Δήμος Φαρσάλων, Υπουργείο Πολιτισμού και Αθλητισμού, Εφορεία Αρχαιοτήτων Λάρισας] (ed.): Τα Φάρσαλα και η ευρύτερη περιοχή τους. Farsala 2016, pp. 239-256. Online (greek)
  • Giorgos Mavrommatis: Bektashis in 20th Century Greece. In: Turcica. Revue d'études turques. Volume 40, ISSN  1783-1822 , 2008, pp. 219-251. PDF online

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Remarks

  1. ↑ a b c Vaso Noula: Albanian Dervish Monastery in Asprogeia Farsalon - Tekke (den) Ntourbali Sultan. Farsala Congregation, accessed December 26, 2018 .
  2. ^ Mavrommatis: Bektashis in 20th Century Greece. 2008, p. 225.
  3. ^ A b c Georgia N. Gleoudi: The Muslim Saint of a Greek Orthodox City. Modern Diplomacy, July 20, 2018, accessed November 10, 2018 .
  4. ^ Mavrommatis: Bektashis in 20th Century Greece. 2008, p. 228.
  5. ^ Frederick De Jong: The Iconography of Bektashiism. A Survey of Themes and Symbolism in Clerical Costume. Leiden 1989, In: Manuscripts of the Middle East. Volume 4, ISSN  0920-0401 , p. 18, note 98.
    Androudis: Τα μαυσωλεία του μπεκτασικού τεκέ Ντουρμπαλί Σουλτάν στο Ιρεν (στατο Ιρενί (σημτο Ιρεν σγαμάω ωρωτω Αισπρόεογωατω Ασωπρόεογωατω. 2016, p. 241 f.
  6. ↑ Greek Law Gazette (ΦΕΚ 189 / B / 01.04.1981) of April 1, 1981, p. 1891. (Greek)

Coordinates: 39 ° 18 ′ 31.3 "  N , 22 ° 38 ′ 48.1"  E